Percutaneous pedicle screw placement into a spinal segment previously treated with vertebroplasty: technical note.
case_report · Level V
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- Also identified by DOI 10.3171/2015.9.SPINE15386.
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Abstract
Vertebral augmentation with cement has become a common procedure for the treatment of compression fractures, leading to a growing population who have had this procedure and are now in need of another spinal surgery. This technical note reports an undescribed method for placing pedicle screws through a previously cemented level.
Medical subject headings
- Fracture Fixation, Internal
- Fractures, Compression
- Lumbar Vertebrae
- Pedicle Screws
- Spinal Fractures
- Vertebroplasty
Anatomy
- lumbar spine